Elixir Press

solo exhibition in Chicago

2010-12-28T22:04:00.000-08:00

2010-08-18T21:04:00.001-07:00

August 27, 2010 — October 10, 2010
Artist Exchange

In working toward its mission to create exchanges among art, artists, and audiences that reveal life, the Salina Art Center relies upon creative partnerships with artists who serve their communities as progressive thinkers, leaders, and agents of culture and positive change. The Artist Exchange, initiated in 2006, is one such partnership. Each year, six Kansas artists—working independently or collaboratively in their studios—meet regularly for eight to ten months to share ideas, develop formal skills, and to support each other’s artistic practices. This rigorous interaction culminates in an exhibition at the Salina Art Center, featuring the work produced during this period.

Artists participating in this year’s program include: Shin-hee Chin (McPherson), Priti Cox (Salina), Matthew Hilyard (Andover), Michael Krueger (Lawrence), Michelle Meade (Salina), and Debbie Wagner (Bennington).

Artist Exchange is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the R.C. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Corporate Trustee.

http://www.salinaartcenter.org/

group show in Malmö Sweden

2010-08-10T01:17:00.000-07:00

The amazing folks at Needles & Pen in Sf have put together a stellar line up of artists for this exhibition a Krets Gallery in Malmö!

Group Show in SF

2010-07-20T22:41:00.000-07:00

I am super stoked to be a part of this show with a great line up of artists at a superb gallery.

IT'S MY WORLD

July 24 - August 28, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 24th, 4-7pm

Castaneda / Reiman
Benjamin King
Michael Krueger
Sean McFarland
Claire Sherman
Tracey Snelling
Becky Suss
Christopher Taggart
David Wilson
Claude Zervas
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions is pleased to present It's My World, a group exhibition featuring works by artists responding to ever changing landscapes and the individuality of every environment, whether they be natural, man made or a con-flux of the two. Placing a strong emphasis on the use of unexpected materials, abstracted forms and the examination of time, It's My World is an exhibition of painting, drawing, video and sculpture.

In contrast to the cyclic nature of ecosystems, a landscape is evolutionary, a history of continuous alterations. From geological forces giving rise to land formations to human-mediation and biological invasions, instruments are constantly at work altering landscapes on minute and sublime scales. This exhibition focuses on artists examining these issues as well as their own subjective stance, challenging the viewer to reconcile another unique world view or cosmology not their own.

Images & Information: www.baerridgway.com

Very best,

Kent Baer & Eli Ridgway

Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
172 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
www.baerridgway.com, info@baerridgway.com
415.777.1366

group show in Munich Germany

2010-05-01T08:43:00.001-07:00

http://www.galerie-lichtpunkt.de/

LA group show

2010-04-17T09:48:00.000-07:00

Paper! Awesome!

2010-02-28T17:00:00.000-08:00

workshop in Edinburgh coming up..

2009-12-15T16:10:00.000-08:00

NY Print Show..

2009-11-07T00:18:00.001-08:00

Michael Krueger - solo exhibition

2009-09-04T22:58:00.000-07:00

Steven Zevitas Gallery
450 Harrison Ave. #47
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
www.stevenzevitasgallery.com

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

Group Show in Boston

2009-08-23T15:18:00.000-07:00

Thomas Jefferson Gettin' Gone

2009-06-13T15:22:00.000-07:00

TJ Gettin' Gone, 14" x 11", silkscreen & stamping, 2009

New Print - for the Frogman's Portfolio. Ed. 35 / 3 Artist Proofs

group show in LA!

2009-05-20T19:43:00.001-07:00

curated by Ryan Christian

Synchronicity Gallery, LA

http://www.syncspacela.com/

group show in Chicago

2009-05-20T19:41:00.001-07:00

Packer / Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL

Michael Krueger - art work and design for postcard

new news 2

2009-05-20T19:34:00.000-07:00

Group Show @ PUNCH GALLERY
Seattle, WA

new news

2009-05-20T19:32:00.000-07:00

bosque brown poster

2009-01-24T19:23:00.001-08:00

2008-12-19T09:00:00.001-08:00

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/

fecal face dot com interview

2008-12-19T08:53:00.000-08:00

Check out my fecal face interview. A special thanks to Ryan Christian for making it happen.

New Drawing for Aqua (Miami)

2008-12-12T05:48:00.000-08:00

Born to Lose..

2008-11-10T20:35:00.000-08:00

New drawing headed to NY for the WFMU radio station art auction at Printed Matter.

Bad Ass Boston Show.. @ Steven Zevitas Gallery

2008-10-30T17:58:00.000-07:00

new rubber stamp

2008-10-23T06:05:00.001-07:00

plink, MK

new print in the works...

2008-09-02T05:25:00.000-07:00

I am working on a new lithography at the Lawrence Litho. Workshop in Kansas City..

new stamps

2008-08-13T07:51:00.001-07:00

I made some drawings for some new rubber stamps.. coming your way soon.. if your on m y mailing list.

Michael Krueger Solo Show in New York

2007-12-13T08:57:00.001-08:00

MICHAEL KRUEGER
PEACE IN THE VALLEY

December 14, 2007 - January 6, 2008
Reception: Friday, Dec. 14th, 6-9 PM

SUNDAY is located at 237-A Eldridge Street (between Stanton Street and East Houston) in the Lower East Side of New York City. For more information contact C. Sean Horton (sean@sundaynyc.com) or visit the website: www.sundaynyc.com

EVENT INFO

Friday, December 14th

6:00PM-9:00PM

SUNDAY (Stir Us, Free Us) | 237-A Eldridge Street | LES / NYC | NY | 10002

2007-11-10T15:52:00.001-08:00

Minnesota was a blast. Big ups to Jenski, Paula and crew! They really know how to brew up the stink in the North'land. We rocked two separate editions. The first one I am posting is an archival digital print with 4 pronto runs. If I could I would.. toss my old brown trunk on my jalopy filler with gas-i-lene and stomp it all the way to the Northland once again. - Kanzas Kid

Show @ TAG Art Gallery - Nashville

2007-10-25T22:20:00.000-07:00

Belgium Heavy Prints!

2007-09-23T09:46:00.001-07:00

I finally got these images scaned.. they are ink-jet with pronto-plates.. each has at least 3 colors.. and up to 5 colors.. they are quite oversized notebook pages.. 22" x 16"ish..

"Morbid Angel"

2007-07-08T22:21:00.000-07:00

The first installment of the prints from Belgium! These 4 prints are all ink-jet with pronto plates (4 - 5 colors). Each is an edition of 10. The scale of the notes has been increased about 4 times to create a final print that measures 12" x 9". The prints have been folded and crumpled to mimic the original notes. I will post the 4 remaining prints soon! Michael

"Heavy Peace"

2007-07-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

"Alice"

2007-07-08T22:19:00.001-07:00

"1969"

2007-07-08T22:18:00.000-07:00

Owl Print hot off the press!

2007-07-02T05:45:00.001-07:00

Last Night in Belgium (view of the print studio)

2007-07-02T05:36:00.000-07:00

Final Report: Frans Masereel Centrum Residency – Kasterlee, Belgium

Belgium is beautiful! The experience of being in Belgium and working and traveling for three weeks has made a significant impact on my creative work and greatly broadened my scope of the world. I traveled all around Belgium and to Amsterdam in Holland. I visited as many museums as I could, soaked up the culture of these wonderful cities and took over 800 photographs. At the Frans Masereel Centrum for Printmaking there was hopeful and willful exchanges of ideas, techniques and humanity. While in residence there were several other artists working and living at the Centrum. Some of the artists were from the States and others were from Holland, Belgium, Germany, South Africa and Brazil. Each day was filled with working hard in the print facility side by side with these other artists. The Centrum also has two extremely friendly and capable studio managers, Ivan and Wim, who are available during the business hours to answer questions, share prints from the collection and assist in technical procedures. The environment was very welcoming and excellently equipped – nothing short of a dream studio.

I focused my time on creating small edition pronto plate prints in combination with ink-jet printing. The facility does not have a computer lab so I prepared for my visit by generating the ink-jet editions before I arrived. My process was fairly simple, I just drew on the pronto plates and printed the images over the ink-jet prints. Spending most of my evenings drawing and the daytime printing. I worked with simple drawing media such as ballpoint pen, litho crayons and screen filler for a painterly effect. Past experiences with the pronto plates was limited so I was in for a good deal of experimentation. Fortunately several of the other residence had used the plates and were able to offer great insight to the process. Each print ended up having between 4 – 8 color runs. I created 8 new original prints, 4 small prints and 4 large prints in editions of 10 – 5 prints. You can see from the images (I will post more soon.. I haven't had time to scan them yet..) that the prints have an object quality and in the spirit tromp'loei mimic the original source, notes and notebook pages. Basically I scanned my original high school tardy slips and notebook pages and printed them out at a large-than-life scale on the ink-jet printer. I used very high quality papers such as Gampi for the ink-jet printing; these thin papers also mimic the weight and coloration of the original notes.

The imagery is an extension of a project that I have been working on for several years and overlaps with other current bodies of work. I allowed my self to be very influenced by what I did and saw in Belgium and the Netherlands. Since the notebooks that I use for source material are my own I am in a sense appropriating from my past self. The project is, in general terms, about history and memory. In slightly more specific terms it is about personal history, heavy metal culture, and life after the Vietnam War, the culture of war in America and loosely an interest in examining the cultural gap between the 1970’s and the 1980’s.

At some point in the near future I will be giving a presentation in Kansas City about this residency and my project - I will post more information about the presentation later.

All the best,

Michael Krueger

b is for belgium

2007-06-30T11:29:00.001-07:00

show and tell

2007-06-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

hurt thumbs

2007-06-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

crumpled.art

2007-06-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

michael draws flies

2007-06-25T04:09:00.000-07:00

old amsterdam

2007-06-25T04:05:00.001-07:00

amsterdam flower power

2007-06-25T04:03:00.000-07:00

Belgium is Beautiful!

2007-06-19T06:43:00.001-07:00

Michael printing

2007-06-19T06:42:00.002-07:00

piggy butt

2007-06-19T06:42:00.001-07:00

evil bush head lands on Krueger

2007-06-19T06:40:00.002-07:00

more goodies from Belgium..

2007-06-19T06:40:00.001-07:00

slug beer

2007-06-16T03:05:00.000-07:00

train mouse

2007-06-16T03:04:00.000-07:00

Barnes Drawing

2007-06-16T03:03:00.000-07:00

krueger pulls hendrix print...

2007-06-16T03:02:00.001-07:00

Heavy hands

2007-06-16T03:00:00.000-07:00

SMAK 2.. no Jayhawks in Belgium...please...

2007-06-16T02:59:00.002-07:00

SMAK

2007-06-16T02:59:00.001-07:00

John monoprint master

2007-06-16T02:57:00.000-07:00

Ruthann in Letterpress Bliss

2007-06-16T02:56:00.000-07:00

hot monster

2007-06-16T02:55:00.000-07:00

fruit juice

2007-06-13T03:25:00.000-07:00

more goodies..

2007-06-13T03:24:00.001-07:00

the compund

2007-06-13T03:22:00.002-07:00

draw time

2007-06-13T03:22:00.001-07:00

yummy spek and appel

2007-06-13T03:16:00.000-07:00

Kasterlee

2007-06-13T03:10:00.000-07:00

MK landed..

headed for Belgium

2007-06-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

Michael Krueger is headed for Belgium on June 10.. for a three week residency

more soon.. from Belgium!

Kanzas Kid - Elixir Press

2006-05-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

Outlaw Prints and Printmakers

Elixir Press - The poison is the cure

Kanzas Kid's studio comes to life - watch the corners and keep your back to the wall!